LISBON: Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday, announcing its findings after hearing hundreds of victim accounts.
Thousands of reports of pedophilia within the Catholic Church have surfaced around the world and Pope Francis is under pressure to tackle the scandal.
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